Francesca Mussi is currently Adjunct Lecturer (docente a contratto) in Anglophone Literatures and Cultures in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at the Sapienza University of Rome and is also “Cultore della Materia” in English Literature in the Department of Philology, Literature, and Linguistics at the University of Pisa. Her research interests include decolonial theory, settler colonial studies, gender studies, trauma studies, ecocriticism, Indigenous critical studies, Indigenous literatures, and South African literature. Her ¬first book, Literary Legacies of the South African TRC: Fictional Journeys into Trauma, Truth and Reconciliation, was published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2020. Currently, she is also senior editor of the Postcolonial Studies Association’s Newsletter.

"Particular strengths of the manuscript include the thorough and original analysis of policy in relation to literature; the author’s very thorough and methodical use of mainly Indigenous-authored criticism; the manuscript’s respectful tone and observance of protocols; the analysis of both witnessing and truth and the author’s discussion of literature as medium for imagining possible worlds." Associate Professor Heather Macfarlane, Queen's University at Kingston

• AcknowledgementsList of AbbreviationsChapter 1 – IntroductionChapter 2 – Speaking a Truth, Telling a StoryChapter 3 – Indigenous Justice Values: Relational Accountability, Balance, and CeremonyChapter 4 – Reframing Reconciliation: Resurgence of Indigenous Understandings of Gender Identities, Roles, and Land RelationsChapter 5 – Conclusion: A Message of Love and ReciprocitySelected BibliographyIndex

Francesca Mussi is currently Adjunct Lecturer (docente a contratto) in Anglophone Literatures and Cultures in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at the Sapienza University of Rome and is also “Cultore della Materia” in English Literature in the Department of Philology, Literature, and Linguistics at the University of Pisa. Her research interests include decolonial theory, settler colonial studies, gender studies, trauma studies, ecocriticism, Indigenous critical studies, Indigenous literatures, and South African literature. Her ¬first book, Literary Legacies of the South African TRC: Fictional Journeys into Trauma, Truth and Reconciliation, was published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2020. Currently, she is also senior editor of the Postcolonial Studies Association’s Newsletter.

"Particular strengths of the manuscript include the thorough and original analysis of policy in relation to literature; the author’s very thorough and methodical use of mainly Indigenous-authored criticism; the manuscript’s respectful tone and observance of protocols; the analysis of both witnessing and truth and the author’s discussion of literature as medium for imagining possible worlds." Associate Professor Heather Macfarlane, Queen's University at Kingston

• AcknowledgementsList of AbbreviationsChapter 1 – IntroductionChapter 2 – Speaking a Truth, Telling a StoryChapter 3 – Indigenous Justice Values: Relational Accountability, Balance, and CeremonyChapter 4 – Reframing Reconciliation: Resurgence of Indigenous Understandings of Gender Identities, Roles, and Land RelationsChapter 5 – Conclusion: A Message of Love and ReciprocitySelected BibliographyIndex

Francesca Mussi is currently Adjunct Lecturer (docente a contratto) in Anglophone Literatures and Cultures in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at the Sapienza University of Rome and is also “Cultore della Materia” in English Literature in the Department of Philology, Literature, and Linguistics at the University of Pisa. Her research interests include decolonial theory, settler colonial studies, gender studies, trauma studies, ecocriticism, Indigenous critical studies, Indigenous literatures, and South African literature. Her ¬first book, Literary Legacies of the South African TRC: Fictional Journeys into Trauma, Truth and Reconciliation, was published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2020. Currently, she is also senior editor of the Postcolonial Studies Association’s Newsletter.

"Particular strengths of the manuscript include the thorough and original analysis of policy in relation to literature; the author’s very thorough and methodical use of mainly Indigenous-authored criticism; the manuscript’s respectful tone and observance of protocols; the analysis of both witnessing and truth and the author’s discussion of literature as medium for imagining possible worlds." Associate Professor Heather Macfarlane, Queen's University at Kingston

• AcknowledgementsList of AbbreviationsChapter 1 – IntroductionChapter 2 – Speaking a Truth, Telling a StoryChapter 3 – Indigenous Justice Values: Relational Accountability, Balance, and CeremonyChapter 4 – Reframing Reconciliation: Resurgence of Indigenous Understandings of Gender Identities, Roles, and Land RelationsChapter 5 – Conclusion: A Message of Love and ReciprocitySelected BibliographyIndex